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JOHN T. STRAHAN, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WARDROBE FOLDlNG BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,643, datedSeptember 7, 1886.

Application filed November 525, 1885. Serial No. 184,000. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. STRAHAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented a certain new and useful \Vardrobe Folding Bed,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a folding bed having a bed-box which opens orlets down from a case or support, and to the peculiar mechanism andarrangements of parts hereinafter fully described; and the objects of myinvention are to provide a cheap and efficient hinge-bearing for thebed-box, and to so construct and attach the several parts that they maybe readily detached and packed for moving, transportation, and shipment.These objects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of afolding bed constructed in accordance with my invention, having one ofthe side rails removed. Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of aportion oftheupright ease, with a portion of the side rail, showing thejournal-bearing of the bed-box. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view ofFig. 2 on line :0 0:. Fig. 4. is a detached view of one of the siderails of the bed-box. Fig. 5 is an end view of the hinged panel,headboard, and bottom panel of the bed-box. Fig. 6 is a front Fig. 7 isa perspective View of the upright supporting-casewith one side detached.Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the foot-board hinged to the bottompanel of the box and partially folded thereon; and Fig. 9 is a rearelevation of a portion of the upright case, showing the method ofattaching the back to the side thereof.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The upright case is composed of the base XV, rectangular in form, asshown in Figs. 1 and 7, side pieces, 0 0, having base cross-bars O Osecured to the lower ends and inner sides thereof, from which dowel-pinsS S project downward, and through which cabinet-bolts D D pass, and backpanel, Y. Each side piece is provided with dowels S S,which engage withsuitable holes in the base \V \V. These dowels and holes are shown inFig. 7. The panel Y is also provided with suitable dowels at either end,which fit into holes in the side pieces, 0 0. These dowels are not shownin the drawings, but the holes are shown in the detachedside piec'e,0,inFig. 7 These do'wels and holes do not differ from those in ordi naryuse, and therefore need not be more fully described. Each side piece, 0,has a groove, one ofwhich grooves is shown by K. The sliding panel T hasits ends supported by these grooves and is moved verticallytherein. Theback of the panel Y projects at either end, so as to lap upon the sidepieces, 0 O, to which it is attached by screws, as shown by 14 14 14 inFig. 9.

U is a panel, hinged at G O to the sliding panel T, and at O G to theheadboard 13.

M M are journal-supports, each support being securely attached to one ofthe sides, O,of the upright case. The upper ends of the sup ports M Mare cut out orgrooved out in order to form an open bearing for thejournal of the bed -box. In addition to the curved. form shown in Figs.2 and 7, Iprefer to cntagroove in the face of the curve for thereception ofthe ridge or flange B of thejournal H. The journal His acircle, or part ofa circle, ofwood or metahsccurely attached to the siderails, there being one of such journals on each side rail. I prefer toconstruct these journals witliflanges, as shown by B, which engage withthe grooves on the face of the open bearings.

A is the bottom of the bed box. To this panel is hinged the head-board13 at O C at one end, and the foot-board E at C C at the other end.

1 P are removable bolts, which I prefer to use with all the hinges, inorder to facilitate the detachment of the parts hinged.

F F are bed-rail irons, one at either end of each side rail. TheseironsFF engage in suitable grooves in the head and foot boards, attaching theside rails and foot and head boards firmly together, forming with thebottom panel the bed box or body. The head of the box is weighted bymeans of suitable weights, so that the box will balance or nearlybalance upon the bearing M M, in order to facilitate the opening andclosing of the box. I prefer to have the supports M M rest upon thecrosspieces' at the bottom of the side pieces, 0 O, which in turn restupon the base XV, so as to form a firm support for the box, as I haveshown in the drawings; but this construction 1 can be varied withoutdeparting from my invention.

For folding the head-board 13 is detached from the hinged panel U byremoving the bolts from the hinges O O, and the bed-box lifted from thesupports M M, which can easily be done,inasn1uch as the j onrnal H Hmerel rests in the bearings. The side rails are then lifted out ordetached, asin common beadsteads,and the head-board 13 and thefoot-board E are folded toward each other and rest upon the uppersurface of the bottom panel, A, or, if desired, the removable bolts I Pin hinges C O and O" 0 can be removed sufficiently to allow the entiredetachment of the head-board and foot-board from the panel A. Thehingedpanel U may in like manner be detached from the sliding panel '1. Totake the nprightcase apart, I remove the cabinet-bolts D D and thescrews 1.4 M14, &c., and separate the sides 0 0 from the base IV andalso from the panel Y, when the whole bed, which is a perfect knockdownwardrobe -bed, may be packed into a small space,for shipment or forremoval,without injury to any of its parts.

The construction above described not only lessens-the expense ofshipment,but adapts the bed for use in chambers and rooms where it isdifficult and often impossible to placcthc ordinary wardrobe-bed.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a folding wardrobe-bed, the bottom panel, A, in combination with aheadboard and a foot-b0ard hinged thereto, and detachable side rails,substantially as described.

2. In a folding ward robe-bcd, the combination of a panel, as A, aheadboard and a footboard, each hinged thereto and detachable therefrom,and detachable side rails, substantially as described.

3. In a folding wardrobcbed, the combination of a bottom panel, as A, afoot-board and a head-board hinged thereto, detachable side rails, as R,having bearings, as H, secured thereto, and the vertical supports MM,secured to the side pieces of the upright case, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a folding wardrobe-bed, abed-boxhaving circularjournals on thesides thereof near the head end, in combination with the detachable sidepieces of the upright knockdown case, having vertical supports securedthereto, and provided with ournal-bearings in the upper end thereof,substantially as described.

5. In a folding wardrobe-bed,an upright case composed ofthe side pieces,0 O, havingbase crossbars, base IV, panel Y, separabl y attached, andmeans for connecting the base and crossbars together, in combinationwith a bed-box adapted to fold within the space between said sidepieces, substantially as described.

6. In a folding wardrobe bcd, the upright case composed of the sidepieces, 0 0,connecting-panel Y, base \V, all scparably connected, incombination with the bed boX provided with a bottom panel, with ahead-board and footboard hinged thercto,and separably-connected siderails, said box adapted to fold within said upright case, substantiallyas described.

7. In a folding wardrobe-bed, the combina tion ofan upright caseconsisting ofsidc pieces, 0 0, having supports M M secured thereto, baseXV, on which said side pieces rest, connecting-panel Y, sliding panels'I and U, all of which parts are separable, with abed-box composed of apanel, A, having foot-board E and head-board 13 hinged thereto, anddetachable side rails, as R, said bed-box beingadapted to fold betweenthe side pieces of the upright case, substantially as described.

JOHN T. STRAHAN.

Vitnesses:

ED\VARD TAGGART, ALLISON H. \VoRDnN.

